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IRDAI issues licenses to Kiwi General Insurance and Allianz Jio Reinsurance, approves draft regulations for new SBSR Act
Ajay Seth, Chairman, IRDAI In order to expedite the regulatory...
Over 1.61 lakh water samples found contaminated in 2025-26: Govt in Rajya Sabha
The number of samples tested in labs in 2025-2026 was 63.96 lakh,...
Bangalore hotels body moves HC against mandatory menstrual leave order
The association has questioned the very basis of the order, highlighting that the State itself has not extended such leave to women working in government departments. Bengaluru: The Bangalore Hotels Association (BHA) has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court...
High-rise Fire: Hong Kong catastrophe shows how difficult it is to evacuate in emergency
Evacuations of high-rises don’t happen every day, but occur often enough. And when they do, the consequences are almost always severe. The stakes are highest in the buildings that are full at predictable times: residential towers at night, office towers in the day....
Death toll hits 212 as Sri Lanka struggles with Cyclone Ditwah impact
In Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand the death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by across the three countries, officials said on Sunday, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people continued over the weekend Sri Lanka's death...
Insurance, 8 other economic bills to be taken up in Winter Session
As per the list of Bills circulated with the members of Parliament for the upcoming session, the government proposes to introduce The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to raise the FDI limit in the insurance sector to 100 per cent, from 74 per cent, as part of...
India’s population to stabilise at at 1.8–1.9 billion by 2080 due to falling fertility rate: IASP
While birth rates are falling, life expectancy continues to rise due to improvements in healthcare.More people are living beyond 60, and this brings new challenges of elderly care, especially as younger people migrate for work. More people are living beyond 60, and...
FM Sitharaman lays foundation for offices of 15 PSU banks, insurance companies in Amaravati
Sitharaman described the gathering of all major PSU banks and insurance companies on one financial street as a historic first for any state capital in India Amaravati:Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on...
Universal Coverage:Rebuilding India’s Health Insurance Architecture
Health insurance sector itself is facing headwinds with 12-15% medical inflation, opaque pricing structure, and strained insurer–hospital relations. Insurers are under stress with combined ratios above 110% and low single-digit RoEs. Cutting GST on health insurance to...
Life Insurance:Driving Product Innovation and Long-Term Sustainability
Along with changing customer needs, expanded datasets and increasing digitisation, the specialized skillset of actuaries is also paving the way for new age personalised and embedded products. Enabled by modern techniques, including machine learning and predictive...
Sri Lanka shuts offices, schools as 56 killed due to floods and landslides
More than 25 people were killed Thursday in landslides in the central mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, which is about 300 kilometres east of the capital, Colombo. Another 21 people were missing and 14 were injured in the Badulla and Nuwara...
Govt plans to extend tax holiday to 15 yrs on profits earned by aircraft leasing firms in GIFT City
Plane leasing companies housed at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City, currently get a tax waiver for 10 years. Expanding this benefit by five years will make GIFT City more attractive to lessors who typically make the bulk of the profit on an...